debarrass

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   rare: to free someone from an impediment, burden, or unwanted interruption

   Once the visitor departed, she was debarrassed of interruption and returned to her book.

Borrowed from French debarrasser, 'to clear away or free from obstruction,' formed from de- + embarrasser, 'to impede or encumber.' It is unrelated in meaning to debar, 'exclude.'

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